Pan or plate lifter



March 25 1924. 1,487,739

v. 4. HARRIS PAN OR PLATE LIFTER Filed April 5, 1922 '4 nQanIcm VERNON J. HAKRS Patented @1325, 1924.

vnrmon J. m me; or ADRIAN, MICHIGAN.

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igan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in. Pan or Plate Lifters, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art :to which it pertains to make ,andiuse the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pan or plate lifters. The object is, to provide a simple, inexpensive, efiicient house hold utensil of the character described I v r p handle and bent lengthwise the handle,

forming aconcavo convex portion i l-similar V fi -the Q W HWX i p n ed Of adapted to engageunderneath the edge of a pan, plate or other similar article ,torre- 4 move; the same from;one plate to another,

particularly in or out of a heated oven.

' The invention resides in the particular construction hereinafter described and claimed of the article above referred to, and v the above and other objects, togethervwith the details of construction, will more fully appear in the following description, ap-

in which: 7 V 7 Fig. 1 is a perspective showing my lifter, in solid line, engaging a pan, and in dotted line, the lifter appears in the release position. 7

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary perspective showing the engagement of one of the lifter'jaws under the edge of the pan.

My improved lifter comprises two rela-- tively movable elements or, gripping jaws pivotally connected together for relative rotatability so as to grip a pan or plate be tween them in such a manner as to support such pan for removalfrom one place to am other and adapted to be relatively .moved' so as to release such supported pan or plate when desired. 7 r

I prefer to construct each of these elements from a single piece ofwire. The large element is shown as formed of a single wire comprising a handle portion 5 bent upon itself at one end to' form a hand grip portion 6. The end of the Wire forming the hand grip portion is looped loosely-i around the handle Wire as at 7. At the opposite end of the handle the wire is bent laterally as at 8 and again bent to form a pended claims and accompanying drawing, 7 V

1 to the hand grip portionof the handle'for operation. It will be observed thatthe' handle portion of'the first-mentioned momsaid first element.

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concavo-convezr portion 9 which is first turnedinwardly toward thehandle and then back, substantially longitudinally the handle and is bentinftoward the handle as at-lO substantially parallel; the portion 8, and

looped loosely; around the handle as at 11.

Thisconstitutes one of the gripping jaws which is'integralland rigid for all practical purposes with the handlepthe handle itself possessing suificient rigidity port, a plate or pan;

t 7 un The other elementorgripping jaw member is likewise'preferably constructed of a single .wire looped-at the outer end as at- 12 over the handle 5 of the first memberand extended laterally as at 13 away from the first -member and then turned inwardly,

laterally, toward the handle as at 15. From the handle through the loop 11 andthrough the loop-7 and then bent angularly to form anoperating lever 16 disposed in proximity 7 her isbent slightly at the pivot point 11 so thatthe pivotal supports at '7V11' and [i j 12 ofsuch member are on a line. 7

The operation of theidevice is apparent from the above description of its construcrss' 5 tion. The hand gripportion is engaged by i one hand ofthe operator and'by rocking i the rotatable jaw member, by actuating the V lever 16, it is possible toengage the two opposed gripping jaws over the edge of a pan 7 V 17 orreleasethem therefrom.

What I claimis: i 1. In a' device of the class described, a pair of cooperating, relatively movable,piv

formed of a single wire bent at one end to form a jaw corresponding to theijaw of f 7 rotatability; thereabout to move the jaw thereof toward or away portion of said first element for "relative"? from, the jaw of 100 otally connected elements, one of which ele- "ments is formed of. a single wire looped upon itself at oneend to form' a' gripping 'jaw' and bent atfthe' other-'end'to'form a hand-grip portion, said :other element also 2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a pair of co-operating relatively movable elements, one of said elements being constructed of a single wire and consisting of a handle having a hand grip portion at one end and a laterally directed jaw portion at the opposite end, the other element being also constructed of a single wire and comprising a jaw portion atone end adapted to co-operate with the jaw portion of said first element, and an actuating portion extending longitudinally the handle of the first element and pivoted to said first element for relative rotatability to move the jaw thereof toward or away from the jaw of said first element and provided with an actuating lever disposed in roximity to the hand grip portion of said rst element.

3. In an article of the class described, in

combination, a member formed of a single wire comprising a handle looped upon itself at one end to form a hand grip portion and looped backwardly upon itself at the opposite end to form an angularly-disposed gripping jaw and the end of the wire forming such jaw being looped loosely around the handle, a second member formed of a single wire consisting of an actuating portion extending lengthwise the handle of the first member and passing freely through the loop thereover of the hand grip portion thereof and through the loop at the opposite end of the jaw portion thereof and then bent to form an angularly-disposed ja-w portion corresponding to the jaw of the first member and adapted to be rotated to move the jaw thereof toward or away'from the jaw of said first member.

4. In a lifter of the class described, a pair of pivotally connected gripping members, one of which members consists of a handle having a hand grip portion at one end and a laterally-directed gripping jaw at the opposite end, said other member comprising a jaw portion corresponding to the jaw of said first member and adapted to be moved toward or away from said jaw of the first member, and an operating lever portion extending lengthwise the handle of said first member and disposed for operation in proximity the hand grip portion of said first member. I

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification.

VERNON J. HARRIS. 

